Still Walking

2008 1h 54m JA

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7.8

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★7.8TMDB · 470

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Synopsis

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A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hiroshi Abe
Ryota Yokoyama
Yui Natsukawa
Yukari Yokoyama
YOU
Chinami Yokoyama
Kazuya Takahashi
Nobuo Kataoka
Shohei Tanaka
Atsushi Yokoyama
Hotaru Nomoto
Satsuki Kataoka
Ryôga Hayashi
Mutsu Kataoka
Susumu Terajima
Sushi Deliverer

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Writers: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Hirokazu Kore-eda
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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2 / 7

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, shot by Yutaka Yamazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Gontiti. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Hirokazu Kore-eda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 7

CAST

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Hiroshi Abe and Yui Natsukawa and YOU carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1087578 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Hirokazu Kore-eda directs. Yutaka Yamazaki behind the camera. Gontiti scores. Hirokazu Kore-eda cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 18 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, shot by Yutaka Yamazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Gontiti. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Hirokazu Kore-eda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Hiroshi Abe and Yui Natsukawa and YOU carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt1087578 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 11 themes, including "generations conflict", "family relationships", "bereavement", "family reunion".
9Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Yutaka Yamazaki
Original score: Gontiti
Editing: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Costume design: Kazuko Kurosawa
Runtime: 114 min · 1h 54m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $3,511,120
Original language: JA
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Still Walking (2008)

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CinemaSerf2022-12-25
★ 7/10
At times I felt quite uncomfortable watching this film. It is set in the home of an elderly couple whose grown up son and daughter - and their own respective families - are coming for a reunion dinner in order to commemorate the drowning of their eldest son some years earlier when he was a youth. Whilst there is the traditional deference you'd expect from children to parents, it soon becomes clear that the mother - especially - is no stickler for protocol, and her questioning of her son and his wife (whose own relationship is at times quite strained) about their own baby plans soon leads us to further exploration of all the aspirations and demons of those gathered around the table. It has been probably twenty years since my family had any sort of cross-generational repast, and there are certainly parts of this that ring true as the personalities of all concerned - even the youngsters - start to impose themselves on the ordinarily structured lives of all gathered together. That brings an authenticity to the scenario. There are no fights, tantrums, or squabbles - but it is clear from our observations that there are soft, vulnerable, points in each of their characters and that all of them are looking to the future in differing (and shorter-term) ways. Kirin Kiki - the mother - probably steals this for me, but the remainder of the ensemble cast deliver a touching, challenging and personal story with surety and delicacy. That's not to say this is in any way soporific, or slow - it isn't; it just allows the story to breathe and for us to appreciate the carefully crafted characterisations as the forty-eight hours, or so, of the visit unfolds. A slow burn - definitely - but well worth watching.

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